The impact of regulation on technical change.

A study was conducted to examine the impact of regulation on a firm's choice of innovations and on the rate of technical change. Data were drawn from a 1977-87 panel of 20 U.S. interstate natural gas pipeline firms. The results reveal that regulation led firms to adopt a technology that augmented...

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Published in:	Southern Economic Journal Vol. 65; no. 4; pp. 807 - 823
Main Author:	Granderson, Gerald
Format:	Article
Published:	Southern Economic Association April 1999
Subjects:	Cost Mathematical models of economics Natural gas laws Technological innovations Mathematical models
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